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why ahmedabad is called the 'manchester of india' and osaka 'the manchester of japan'

Ahemdabad is often refferd to as the Manchester of India:

  • It is often reffered to as the "Manchester of India"
  • Favourable locational factors were responsible for the development of the textile industry in Ahemdabad.
  • This ensures easy availability of raw materials.
  • The humid climate is ideal for spinning and weaving.
  • The flat terrain and easy availability of land is suitable for the establishment of the mills...

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 Ahmedabad is the biggest city in Gujarat and the sixth biggest in India. Ahmedabad is situated in the Western part of India on the banks of River Sabarmati. 

Ahmedabad is listed after Mumbai in being called as industrial center. Ahmedabad manufactures Denim in large quantities and exports gems and Jewellery. The major industry in Ahmedabad is textile. In 1861, Ranchhodlal Chhotalal has established the first textile mill. It is also called as Shahpur mill. After this, many textile mills were started like Calico mill and other mills started by Maganbhai, Amabalal Sarabhai, Kasturbhai Lalbhai. After several mills were established it has eventually became the center for commercial and industrial house. The number of textile mills has increased to about 33 by the year 1905. Slowly textile industry became a huge one that flourished well in Ahmedabad. This development in Ahmedabad has given the name to this city as Manchester of India.

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 Osaka is an imp textile centre of Japan, also known as the manchester of japan.. dis industries developed in osaka due to geographical factors lik the extensive planes nd warm-humid  climate suited 2 spinning nd weaving... der is sufficient water supply frm the river yodo, easy availability of labour, location of port facilities,etc,, r also supporting factors. Cotton nd odr raw material r imported frm diff parts of the world.. the gud quality nd lower price create a gud market 4 the finished product.. hope dis helps u :)))

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there's a place in englang known as manchester, which is a great industrial centre, and thus ahmedabad and osaka are compared to the manchester city of england.

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manchester is a place in england which is a grat industrial centre, and thus ahmedabad and osaka are being compared to the manchester city of england.

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 Manchester is famous for Textile manufacturing 

Ahmedabad in India is also famous for same purpose due to a large number of textile mills are there hence it is called Manchester of India
 
Osaka "Manchester of Japan" 
 
Osaka is the capital of Osaka Prefecture and the third-largest city in Japan, with a population of 2.7 million. It is located in the Kansai region of the main island of Honshū, at the mouth of the Yodo River on Osaka Bay. 
Manchester is a city and metropolitan borough, in the metropolitan county of Greater Manchester, North West England. The City of Manchester has a population of 441,200, while the wider Greater Manchester Urban Area has a population of 2,240,230, making it England's third largest conurbation after Greater London and the West Midlands.
Manchester is historically notable for being the world's first industrialised city and for the subsequent central role it played during the Industrial Revolution.
Similarly Osaka also rapidly grew industrially and earned the name Manchester of Japan.

 


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the previous one was wrongly done .I'm sorry.

new-ahmedabad and osaka are are known as machester i india and japan respectively due to progress in textile industries.

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Ahmedabad is the largest cotton textile industry of India. Osaka is the largest textile industry of Japan. That's why Ahmedabad is the manchester of India and Osaka is the ​manchester of Japan
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